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South East Asia
Activists protest at KFC outlet in Semarang
Top news in <The Jakarta Post> : Activists protest at KFC outlet in Semarang Two activists wearing Sumatran tiger costumes along with several members of Greenpeace visited a KFC fast food restaurant on Jl. Pandanaran, Semarang, Central Java on Saturday, calling on KFC to stop using food-wrapping paper produced by…
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Rodney King Found Dead At His Home
FILE – This April 13, 2012 photo shows Rodney King posing for a portrait in Los Angeles. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation’s history, has died, his publicist said…
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West Asia
Major news in Turkey on June 18: Court rules ‘7+5′ for President Gül
Top news in <Sabah>: Court rules ‘7+5′ for President Gül Turkey’s Constitutional Court has determined that President Abdullah Gül’s current term will complete in seven-years’ from his appointment. Court members also voted unanimously on cancelling out an article in the Presidential Election Code restricting a president from serving two terms.…
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West Asia
Major news in Iran on June 18: Nuclear Rights Should Be Respected
Top news in <Iran Daily>: Nuclear Rights Should Be Respected Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili said Tehran expects that its right to nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment, be recognized in the upcoming talks with the G5+1 in Moscow. In an exclusive interview with the English-language Russia…
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Fly High to Catch Frisbee
A dog catches a frisbee during the Flydogs Extreme Distance Frisbee European Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, June 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Attila Volgyi> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Rohingya Muslims in Maylaysia Protest Against Myanmar Violence
A Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya Muslim in Malaysia holds a placard during a rally against the current violence in Myanmar, at National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, June 17, 2012. Myanmar’s state media reported Saturday that the death toll from recent communal violence in the west has increased to 50,…
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West Asia
UN Observers Suspend Patrols in Syria
U.N. observers are seen at the Dama Rose hotel in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, June 17, 2012. U.N. observers suspended their patrols in Syria due to a recent spike in violence, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan was unraveling despite months of diplomatic efforts to prevent the…
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“Vietnam actively contributes to UNESCO’s operation”
Vietnam actively contributes to UNESCO’s operation, Vietnamese official HANOI, June 16 (Xinhua) — Vietnam has made active contributions to the operations of UNESCO in the country and the world, said Nguyen Thanh Son, Deputy Foreign Minister, Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO during the opening of the consultation…
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IT-Science
China Focus: UN official, experts call for int’l cooperation in space program
JIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) — China’s space station will be an ideal international cooperation platform and the world is expecting China to escalate its space program, said a senior official of the United Nations after watching the launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in the Gobi desert on Saturday. Dr. Mazlan…
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